The Last Upset+ overheard
LYON Face Gen.G, the Last Korean Team NA Beat at Worlds
Team Liquid beat Gen.G in October 2021. No North American team has won a Worlds series against a Korean team since.
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Hard numbers, vibed takes
The Last Upset+ overheard
Team Liquid beat Gen.G in October 2021. No North American team has won a Worlds series against a Korean team since.
The full numbers →25 October at Worlds
2020
Suning beat Top Esports 3–1
Semifinals
Playing today: Top Esports, 369, JackeyLove
2025
Top Esports beat Bilibili Gaming 2–1
Swiss Round 5
Playing today: Top Esports, Kanavi, 369, Creme, JackeyLove
2015
KOO Tigers beat Fnatic 3–0
Semifinals
One player at Worlds 2026
My first pro team was Young Miracles.
Clue 2 →One Final, No Rematch+ overheard
T1 swept Weibo Gaming 3–0 that day, and it’s still the only official series the two top laners have ever played against each other.
3–0
Zeus’s game record against TheShy, all in the 2023 Worlds final
45–16
Zeus’s Worlds game record before tonight
32–20
TheShy’s Worlds game record before tonight
Old Scores
Two Exits+ overheard
IG beat his Fnatic 3–0 in the 2018 final, and TES knocked his G2 out 3–1 in last year’s quarterfinal.
4–7
Caps’s teams’ series record against JackeyLove’s, all official competitions
Left Over From 2021
They met four times in 2021, and the last was a 3–0 in the Worlds quarterfinal, still the only time these two clubs have met at Worlds.
0–4
Elyoya’s teams’ series record against ShowMaker’s
0–9
Inspired’s series record against Canyon, jungler vs jungler
100
kills
Hope
Anyone's Legend
50
games
Kiin
Gen.G
50
games
Elyoya
Movistar KOI
500
assists
ShowMaker
Dplus Kia
7 to go
100
kills
BrokenBlade
G2 Esports
5 to go
50
games
Zeka
Hanwha Life Esports
1 to go
100
kills
Jojopyun
Movistar KOI
8 to go
One player at Worlds 2026
1 My first pro team was Young Miracles.
2 I later played for Weibo Gaming, the club I had once joined when it was called Suning.
3 On the way to my world title I won all five of my games on Gragas.
4 Tonight I face G2 Esports, the team I swept in a Worlds final.
Tian
Top Esports
Last edition’s answer: Elyoya (Movistar KOI)